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WW2db.com Featured Image, #6

Has it been nearly a month since my last featured image? Indeed it has. So I wanted to jump back in with something I’ve seen around and this image fit the bill. It comes from Tarawa early in the war and shows just how far the Marines (and others) had to go before the war […]

ww2db.com Featured Image, #5

The P-51…lots of interest here lately, given the air show tragedy at Oshkosh.   Reviewing the archive over at the ww2db.com preparing for this entry, there were a few notable pictures, but none as artistic looking as this, with the framing (man on right directing the aircraft as it prepares to take off). The caption there […]

ww2db.com Featured Image, #4

So you might have noticed that I’ve been writing a little about The Pacific War series, now filming in Australia. Lots of folks seem interested in this, so I’m going to ride this wave of interest where ever it takes me. This week’s featured image shows the beach on Guadalcanal, and a beached transport (Kinugawa […]

ww2db.com Featured Image, #3

This week’s image comes from the nearly 100+ on display as part of the “WAVES: Women in the WW2 US Navy” article at ww2db.com. Many of the images are of women at work, and there is a kind of casual “oh hey…taking my picture, huh?!” vibe at work. But there are others that are much […]

ww2db.com Featured Image, #2

As I was browsing the ww2db.com image archive late one night, I came across this gem of a 101st Airborne trooper…in color. There are more than a few 101st A/B ww2 images floating around in B/W…so this image caught my eye. The caption (click on the image) reveals this is Corporal Louis E. Laird, though […]

ww2db.com Featured Image, #1

The ww2file is pleased to announce the ww2db.com Featured Image partnership. The idea behind this post (and the weekly posts to come) is to highlight ww2db.com’s collection of 3500 plus photos, many culled from the National Archives, Library of Congress, the US Naval Historical Center, and other research institutions. Okay, so here we go. When […]